Youtube link down below. 6 - 8 october 2023
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Any US drivers to keep an eye on?
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OK
Preston Lambert is running OK for Sodi Factory â California kid.
Matheus Morgatto (Brazil) and Joe Turney (United Kingdom) have spent quite a bit of time racing stateside this year and theyâll be running also.
Alex Powell races under the Jamaican flag but spent his Micro, Mini, and part of Junior career racing in the US. Started in Miami. Same with Miguel Costa who races under the Brazilian flag.
OK Junior
Jack Iliffe started racing in Houston, raced in the US as recent as last year. Moved up from Mini to Junior this year overseas. Super, super nice family and kid. His dad is someone I consider a good friend and always supports KC online. Big fan.
Vivek Kanthan started racing with Mike Doty in the Northeast and began racing overseas last year. Based out of New York, or at least originally was.
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+1 for Vivek. Nice kid who is also v fast.
So what is the different between this world championship with the next week rok superfinal? Im not use to with the naming with the current engine. Is it different engine ?
This is the official âworld championshipâ hosted by the FIA. They own the rights to that specific title, and they prevent all other independent events from calling themselves that.
Rotax does the âGrand Finalsâ.
IAME does the âInternational Finalâ.
ROK does the âSuperFinalâ.
The FIA World Championships are open to any manufacturer of chassis and engine so long as itâs built to FIA standards and homologated by the FIA â a very expensive process. So expensive, that most American-made karts donât even bother with it, and our sanctioning bodies have an exemption clause.
The FIA hosts two separate world championship race weekends â 1 for Shifter classes â KZ (Pro), KZ2 (Semi Pro), and KZ2 Masters (Semi Pro Masters aged class) â and 1 for Single Speed Classes â OK (Senior) and OKJ (Junior).
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Thank you so much for such detailed explanation.
Bump post. Live in 7 hours. ⌠âŚ
Worth noting the KZ2 and KZ2 Masters races are not World Championship status. Also the OK title is the lineal title so to speak. It started in 1964. The technical regulations have changed, but itâs the FIA World Championship for karting whereas the gearbox classes have had hap hazard FIA World Championship status.
Having said that, the way karting is upside down now, the OK or shall i say the âsingle-speedâ World Championship no longer holds the cultural status as the pinnacle classes, thatâs now with the gearbox classes. The single-speed classes have largely been gutted of it professional driver element when they ventured all to being solely gearbox drivers. Itâs a shame but the single-speed stuff is more of an âF1 Juniorâ thing now. Terrible shame really.
The FIA are boasting a ârecord entryâ but conveniently forget we once had at least three separate derivatives of the senior 100cc classes - ICA/FA/FSA - where entries were spread throughout as well as significant national grids. The FIA World Championship is a shadow of its former self. Unless Turney wins itâs champion today gone to F4 tomorrow.
Another crashed after start
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Not sure if anyone caught the incident with Turney trying to get his kart restarted on trackâŚ.praying that it isnât as bad as it looked and he makes a quick recovery.
Looked like a broken ankle at least if not the shin bone.
He should know better then to push the kart onto the racing line though.
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I think decompression valves and a lack of steel roll hoop are a problem. I donât think they work well for solo starting. It doesnât explain why he aimed towards the racing line but thereâs something about the way they start with decomp valves that make me nervous. You donât get the initial acceleration required so end up running too long. In addition itâs hard to move the kart with these plastic bumpers. So it combines into this weird scenario. Iâve seen it time and time again with these decomp karts the start procedure just doesnât look right to my eyes.
Anyway, hope itâs not too serious, I fear the worse.
Did not look good at all. Slowmo is hard to watch:
According to his Instagram he had surgery on his ankle and is starting the road to recovery.
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I feel for Joe. Thatâs a rough one thatâs gonna take a bit to heal.
Just watched it. Possibly an unpopular opinion and not to diminish his injury at all
But.
Once I saw him push onto the racing line I was expecting a LOT worse. Itâs a miracle it only got clipped and didnât then get collected by another kart⌠or several.
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